Ordinance 2111-95 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • 1- This ordinance is consistent with the Everett Comprehensive Plan; 2- This ordinance bears a substantial relationship to the public health, safety and welfare; and 3- This ordinance promotes the best long-term interests of the Everett community; Now, Therefore, The City of Everett Does Ordain: Section 1 : Purpose. The City Council finds that the City of Everett in relation to Snohomish County and most other cities within the County has traditionally provided for the siting of jails, correctional facilities and class II group-care homes which serve the needs of the County, region and State. As a result of this, the City now has a disproportionate share of such facilities . The County and other cities within the County must accept their fair share of such facilities and not permit this over concentration of jails, correctional facilities and class II group-care homes to perpetuate itself in Everett. Section 2 : Jails, Correctional Facilities and Class II Group- Care Homes . Ordinance No. 1671-89 (Title 19 EMC) is amended by the addition of the following chapter: JAILS, CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, CLASS II GROUP-CARE HOMES A- For purposes of the Everett zoning code, "jails and correctional facilities" are defined as public or private facilities providing for the confinement of juvenile offenders, for the incarceration, confinement or detention of individuals arrested for or convicted of a crime, or for the punishment correction and/or rehabilitation of individuals convicted of crimes whose freedom is restricted. The term "jails and correctional facilities" includes those group-care homes, Class II (as defined in EMC 19. 04 . 020 including subclassifications II- A, II-B and II-C) which are exempt from the provisions of the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988 and the Washington Housing Policy Act (RCW 35. 63.220) . 3